Sentinel value - terminating integer input into int array

[shetland]

I know how to terminate user input using scanf for char arrays...but what type of value can be used in the case for int input? Obviously not some int, if you want to allow the user to input any range of viable integers.

So, I guess my question, what would be a good sentinel value for exiting the loop containing the scanf statements?

I know I could do conversion from char to int; but going that route seems overly complicated for this endeavor...

thanks,

shelley

[Prelude]

>but what type of value can be used in the case for int input?
Separate the sentinel value from the valid input by asking if the user wants to continue or entering a series of integers such as 0 then EOF to signify the end of input.

-Prelude

[shetland]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Prelude
[B]>but what type of value can be used in the case for int input?
Separate the sentinel value from the valid input by asking if the user wants to continue or entering a series of integers such as 0 then EOF to signify the end of input.


Hi, thanks for replying so quick.

I thought of that, but just wondered how to flag an input, using scanf(%d), such that the complier wouldn't go crazy, , i.e., how to submit EOF in this case without a seperate scanf statment? Is there such an animal for integer input streams?

shelley